International Night and a Visit with Aunt Mary and Uncle Butch

Get your passport stamped!

Mt. Everest!

Base Camp and reports on Nepal done by my older kids.

Xavier at the top of Mt. Everest.

Working on a word find with Aunt Mary.

John and Uncle Butch discussing church matters.

yummy smoothie!

He has been congested for a month, so this was the first ice cream he has had in a looooooooong time.

Xavier and Aunt Mary eating their desserts.

Last night was International Night at my school. My class represented Nepal. I built a climbable Mt. Everest and we had a base camp. It looked really nice and everyone enjoyed themselves.

My Aunt Mary and Uncle Butch were in the Atlanta area for business and they came and spent the day with us. They came to church this morning and got to hear John preach, then afterwards we went to Steak and Shake (kids eat free on the weekends!) . They later came over to the house for a few hours and Xavier kept Uncle Butch entertained with legos and cars most of the time. It was a very nice visit.

Xavier's 6th Birthday Party!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

David and Xavier. 2 peas in a pod these 2 are. It's awesome!

Climbing one of the jumps with David, his 25yr old BFF!

Jackson, Xavier, and Ethan. (Xavier always confuses these 2 boys and today they were in the same place and he didn't mix them up at all. LOL!)

EJ, Xavier and Josh. Xavier was getting tired at this point.

Eating his chocolate cake. He loves cake too.

My last minute creation that was a huge hit with the birthday boy and guests!

Addie only wanted some cake. The girl is her father!

Opening presents.

Daddy and Joey!

Addie and David playing video games. She loves to drive!

We had to reschedule Xavier's birthday party due to snow and the fact that he was sick. He apparently has seasonal allergies that turned into bronchitis. The poor kids could barely blow out his candles on his original cake on February 8th. (I will upload that video later.) So we rescheduled the party for a month later, March 6th.

He had his party at a jump house called Jump 4 Joey. He has always wanted a party at one of these places. This year he got his wish. Not all the kids were able to make it, but he still had an awesome time.

It is hard to believe our baby boy is 6 years old. He will always be my baby no matter how old he gets. We have loved watching him grow into the wonderful boy he is today. He loves God, his family, his friends, and God has blessed him with an incredible intellect. He surprises us all the time. We love you Xavier P.!

A Warm March 1st

Not to much to say these days. We have been working, going to school, and being sick around the Pethtel house. Today it actually got warm enough to run around the yard. I took a few pictures of the kids having fun.

This weekend we have Xavier's birthday party. We had to cancel and reschedule due to snow and him being sick. So be on the lookout for photos and an update this weekend.